Protodontopteryx ruthae Mayr et al. 2021 (bird)

Aves - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Full reference: G. Mayr, V. L. De Pietri, L. Love, A. Mannering, and R. P. Scofield. 2021. Oldest, smallest and phylogenetically most basal pelagornithid, from the early Paleocene of New Zealand, sheds light on the evolutionary history of the largest flying birds. Papers in Palaeontology 7(1):217-233

Belongs to Protodontopteryx according to G. Mayr et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CM 2018.124.8, a partial skeleton (skull, some vertebrae, and most limb bones). Its type locality is Site 3, Waipara River (2 m above Loburn Formation), which is in a Selandian marine sandstone in the Waipara Greensand Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Site 3, Waipara River (2 m above Loburn Formation)

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